| 245 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 326 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 311 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 155 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 224 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 161 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 266 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1017 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.16 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 227 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 227 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 115 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1802 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4390 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2223 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2991 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1691 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 40132 | Morohashi |
| 3573 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6207 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1675 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1805 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 136 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 330 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
heavy, important, esteem, respect, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
193 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 重 【ジュウ】 jūbako, multi-tiered food box, heavy, serious, extreme, -fold, -ply
- 重圧 【ジュウアツ】 strong pressure, heavy pressure
- 九重 【ココノエ】 ninefold, imperial palace, the Court
- 加重 【カジュウ】 weighting (in averaging), aggravation
- 重複 【チョウフク】 duplication, repetition, overlapping, redundancy, restoration
- 重厚 【ジュウコウ】 profound, deep, grave, solid, dignified, stately, solemn, composed, substantial, massive
- 加重 【カジュウ】 weighting (in averaging), aggravation
- 九重 【ココノエ】 ninefold, imperial palace, the Court
Kun reading compounds
- 重 【え】 -fold, -ply
- 八重 【やえ】 multilayered, doubled
- 九重 【ここのえ】 ninefold, imperial palace, the Court
- 重い 【おもい】 heavy, weighty, heavy (feeling), depressed, gloomy, blue, uneasy, slow, sluggish, lumbering, ponderous, clumsy, important (position, responsibility, etc.), serious, grave, serious (punishment, illness, etc.), severe, critical, solid, established, dignified, sensible
- 重い腰を上げる 【おもいこしをあげる】 to get off one's backside, to bestir oneself
- 重り 【おもり】 weight, sinker
- 重ねる 【かさねる】 to pile up, to heap up, to stack up, to put on top of another, to repeat many times over, to go through repeatedly, to accumulate
- 重なる 【かさなる】 to be piled up, to lie on top of one another, to come one after another, to happen over and over, to pile up (e.g. stress), to accumulate, to overlap (each other), to occur at the same time, to happen simultaneously
- 主 【おも】 chief, main, principal, important, main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
- 重き 【おもき】 importance, emphasis, stress
- 身重 【みおも】 pregnant
- 気重 【きおも】 heavy-hearted
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さね、 しげ、 しげる
- Korean:
- jung
Spanish
- pesado
- importante
- apilar
- amontonar
Portuguese
- pesado
- empilhar
- pilha de caixas
- -dobrar
French
- lourd
- empiler
- entasser
- s'emboîter
- - couches
| 2272 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a9.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-9-2 | SKIP code |
| 2-1-8 | SKIP code |
| 2010.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-37 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 91cd | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
106 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 要 【ヨウ】 main point, essential point, important thing, necessity, need, requirement
- 要因 【ヨウイン】 main cause, primary factor
- 所要 【ショヨウ】 required, needed, necessary
- 法要 【ホウヨウ】 Buddhist memorial service
Kun reading compounds
- 要る 【いる】 to be needed, to be necessary, to be required, to be wanted, to need, to want
- 要 【かなめ】 pivot, vital point, cornerstone, keystone, Japanese photinia
- 要石 【かなめいし】 keystone
Readings
- Japanese names:
- とし
- Korean:
- yo
Spanish
- necesidad
- punto central
- esencia
- necesitar
Portuguese
- necessidade
- ponto principal
- essência
- pivô
- chave para
French
- besoin
- point principal
- pivot
- essentiel
- point clef
| 729 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 623 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 593 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 117 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4274 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 262 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 887 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1218 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.16 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 419 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 425 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 424 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1639 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3263 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1683 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2290 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1618 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 34768P | Morohashi |
| 2635 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5515 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1604 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1730 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 78 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 536 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3269 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3e6.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-3 | SKIP code |
| 1040.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-45-55 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8981 | Unicode hex code |